:*'''1854-1896''' - [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyunywh/upstatenywelsh/daviesrecbk.html Rev. Edward Davies Record Book With a List of Marriages 1854-1896], courtesy: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyunywh/upstatenywelsh/ Upstate New York Welsh Heritage].

:*'''1816-1877''' Methodist Episcopal Church. Sauquoit Station {{FHL|164457|item|disp=FHL film 1378829 Item 17}} Contains names of preachers 1815-1877, records of members including deaths 1839-1843, class record 1846-1848, class record including baptisms and deaths 1847-1852, records of members including deaths 1843-1857.

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:*'''1839-1881''' Methodist Episcopal Church. Vernon Village Station {{FHL|163680|item|disp=FHL film 1378829 Item 14 }} Contains list of preachers 1839-1881, alphabetical list of members including baptisms and deaths, 1846-1860, alphabetical list of members and probationers including baptisms and deaths 1851-1866, record of deaths for 1871, marriages 1861-1865, baptisms 1846-1857. All lists that include baptisms should be searched because no single list with baptisms is a complete list of baptisms.

:*'''1854-1896''' - [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyunywh/upstatenywelsh/daviesrecbk.html Rev. Edward Davies Record Book With a List of Marriages 1854-1896], courtesy: [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyunywh/upstatenywelsh/ Upstate New York Welsh Heritage].<br>

*[http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.oneida/mb.ashx Rootsweb message board ] for {{PAGENAME}} has many information threads about families that resided in that county. There is a search engine that allows you to search by surname and topic.<br>

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Original deeds in {{PAGENAME}} county began in 1791. Deeds 1791–1885 are housed at the [http://ocgov.net/oneida/historicalrecords B–1 Records Center ]in Utica. &nbsp;Deed records 1886–present are housed at the [[Oneida County, New York Courthouse|County Clerk's Office]].<br>

Grimes, Marilla R. Some Newspaper References to Irish Immigrants in Oneida Co. New York. Death notices of Irish Immigrants in various newspapers within Oneida Co. New York State. covering years 1825-1865 The Irish Ancestor, vol.VI. no.2. 1974, pages 97-98. Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i v5-6

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Grimes, Marilla R. Some Newspaper References to Irish Immigrants in Oneida Co. New York. Death notices of Irish Immigrants in various newspapers within Oneida Co. New York State. covering years 1825-1865 The Irish Ancestor, vol.VI. no.2. 1974, pages 97-98. Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i v5-6 <br><br> {{NY Fulton}}

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{{NYProbate}} <br>{{NYProbate petitions|Oneida}}<br>The petitions for {{PAGENAME}} are also available on microfilm at the Family History Library and its centers:

*'''1787-1835''' [http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=094&Da=7 Abstracts of Wills, Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787 - 1835] at [http://newyorkancestors.org/ New York Ancestors] ($); includes {{PAGENAME}}.<ref> About Abstracts of Wills, Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835 at New York Ancestors, accessed 8 December 2011, http://newyorkancestors.org/.</ref><br>

:*'''1787-1835''' [http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=094&Da=7 Abstracts of Wills, Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787 - 1835] at [http://newyorkancestors.org/ New York Ancestors] ($); includes {{PAGENAME}}.<ref>About Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships in NY State, 1787-1835 at New York Ancestors, accessed 8 December 2011, http://newyorkancestors.org/.</ref><br>

'''Genealogical Resources''': The County Historian may provide access to obituaries, vital records, church records, maps, and family files or journals. Some historians provide search services for their office records and others may refer you to local genealogists who research in the area.

:*'''1805-1826''' Danz, Elizabeth Nesbit. "Marriages Performed by the Honorable Prosper Rudd, 1805-1826," ''The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record'', Vol. 85, No. 3 (Jul. 1954):181-183. Digital version at [http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/public-elibrary New York Family History] ($); {{FHL|161380|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 B2n v. 85}}.<br> Rudd served as Justice of the Peace for Western, New York.<br>

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This page describes sources of genealogical data about Oneida County, New York Genealogy families, including links to smaller localities at the bottom of this page. New York-related pages show useful statewide sources. United States pages explain the terminology and contents of genealogical records.

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

1581–1917New York, Family Bible Records at Ancestry– ($); Index. Database is a collection of genealogically important records taken from the Bibles of colony and state residents. Reveals the Bible's original owner, brief record of descendants,and a particular event such as birth or marriage as recorded in Bible.

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries (Rural)

For cemeteries within or nearest to these populated places, please refer to them.

Census

Federal

Deaths are included for the 12 months prior to the census, 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, and 1879-80 beginning 1 June and ending 31 May of the census year.[3]

Basic contents of the records include: Name, sex, age, color, marital status, place of birth, month of death, occupation, and cause of death. 1870 also has parents' birthplace. 1880 lists how long a resident of the county.

New York State 1865 and 1875 Census Marriage, Mortality; and 1865 Soldier Mortality records:

Images available online at New York State Census, 1865 and New York State Census, 1875. Click on the link to go to the page, then click on the ‘Browse through images’ link and select your county, then select an ancestor's town and browse to the end of the population schedule until you find the Marriage, Mortality, and 1865 soldier mortality schedules.

Includes marriages and deaths for the 12 months prior to the census, ending 1 June of the census year.

Marriage entry content: Husband's name, wife's name, ages and previous marital status, month and day and place of marriage, and church or civil ceremony.

Death entry content: Name, age, sex, color, marital status, month and day of death, native state or country, occupation and cause of death.

Also on microfilm. See the Family History Library line in the above State Census Chart. These can be ordered through any Family History Center.

Church Records

Church records are good substitutes for birth, marriage, and death information and are most often found on a local city/town or county level. Published and manuscript church records can be found at public, university, and private libraries.

For a brief general history of denominations and a guide to finding various New York denomination's records, see New York Church Records Wiki page.

The NYGenWeb references mentioned below are found on their website categorized as either Birth, Marriage, Death, Miscellaneous, or Town records.

1816-1877 Methodist Episcopal Church. Sauquoit Station FHL film 1378829 Item 17 Contains names of preachers 1815-1877, records of members including deaths 1839-1843, class record 1846-1848, class record including baptisms and deaths 1847-1852, records of members including deaths 1843-1857.

1839-1881 Methodist Episcopal Church. Vernon Village Station FHL film 1378829 Item 14 Contains list of preachers 1839-1881, alphabetical list of members including baptisms and deaths, 1846-1860, alphabetical list of members and probationers including baptisms and deaths 1851-1866, record of deaths for 1871, marriages 1861-1865, baptisms 1846-1857. All lists that include baptisms should be searched because no single list with baptisms is a complete list of baptisms.

Additional Church Records

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Oneida County, New York Genealogy Church Records in online catalogs like:

Court Records

Crime and Criminals

Directories

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

Rootsweb message board for Oneida County, New York Genealogy has many information threads about families that resided in that county. There is a search engine that allows you to search by surname and topic.

History

Land and Property

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See New York Land and Property for more details, especially about the papers generated in New York State by large speculative land companies.

Original land records in Oneida County, New York Genealogy began in [?dateyear?]. These records are housed at the [?repository?] in [?town?].

Original deeds in Oneida County, New York Genealogy county began in 1791. Deeds 1791–1885 are housed at the B–1 Records Center in Utica. Deed records 1886–present are housed at the County Clerk's Office.

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See New York Land and Property for more details, especially about the papers generated in New York State by large speculative land companies.

Online Land Databases

George Washington: His Land Purchases Made the Empire State. Utica, N.Y.: n.p., 1931?. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Maps

Migration

Military

Civil War

Town registers. The New York town clerks kept a bound register of all soldiers from their town serving in the Civil War 1861-1865. Registers are arranged by county, and town. Some town registers are missing. The registers include an index at the start of each town.

Content. Many register entries include full name, residence, date and place of birth, parents names, marital status, date of enlistment and muster and rank, discharges, death, or promotion.

Regiments Service men in Oneida County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Oneida County:[6]

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Grimes, Marilla R. Some Newspaper References to Irish Immigrants in Oneida Co. New York. Death notices of Irish Immigrants in various newspapers within Oneida Co. New York State. covering years 1825-1865 The Irish Ancestor, vol.VI. no.2. 1974, pages 97-98. Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i v5-6

Old Fulton NY Post Cards has the largest online collection of 400 New York 1795-2007 newspapers. The instructions for this quirky site are needed to get the most out of it.

Old Fulton NY Post Cards has the following Oneida County, New York Genealogy newspaper images:

Boonville NY Black River Herald 1860-1866

Boonville NY Herald & Tourist 1872-2004

Boonville NY Ledger 1853-1855

Clinton NY Advertiser 1906-1913

Clinton NY Signal

Rome NY Citizen 1840-1903

Rome NY Telegraph 1834-1837

Utica NY Daily Gazette 1846-1847

Utica NY Daily Observer 1848-1989

Utica NY Daily Press 1882-1987

Utica NY Daily Union 1895-1896

Utica NY Friend of Man 1836-1842

Utica NY Herald Dispatch 1899-1927

Utica NY Liberty Press 1848

Utica NY Mechanics Press 1829-1830

Utica NY Morning Herald 1859-1900

Utica NY Observer 1916

Utica NY Oneida Morning Herald 1848-1851

Utica NY Oneida Weekly Herald 1851-1855

Utica NY Oneida Whig 1834-1841

Utica NY Saturday Globe 1899-1927

Utica NY Sentinel Gazette 1825-1830

Utica NY Sunday Journal 1894-1906

Utica NY Sunday Tribune 1877-1921

Utica NY Telegram 1919-1922

Utica NY Weekly Herald 1860-1897

Waterville NY Times 1855-2007

Obituaries

Periodicals

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Probate Records

Probate records including original estates and wills for New York are held in the office of the county Surrogate Court beginning in 1787, or when the county was formed. Prior to 1787, most are housed at the New York State Archives. See New York Probate Records for more information about using probate records. Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.Record types: Wills, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distribution.

Probate Petitions

In 1830, state law required the Surrogate Court clerk to issue a probate petition for a deceased individual with property. This petition, unique to New York, usually lists the deceased's death date. It also lists the heirs, their relationship to the deceased, and their residence. Alice Eichholz, Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 479. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27rb 2004. Henry B. Hoff, "Navigating New York Probate," American Ancestors 12 (Fall 2011): 57.

These petitions are often found in the estate files and can be obtained from the county Surrogate Court.

The petitions for Oneida County, New York Genealogy are also available on microfilm at the Family History Library and its centers:

Original county-by-county New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971 are available free online at FamilySearch. To access these records, click Historical Records below, then click "Browse through 1,630,900 images". Then select the county name, and then the probate records and time of interest.

Repositories

Cornell University, Guide to Historical Resources in Oneida County, New York Repositories. ([Ithaca, New York]: New York Historical Resources Center, Olin Library, Cornell University, 1983). At various libraries; FHL Book 974.762 A3g. Includes index. Includes references to some family histories and genealogies.

Archives, Libraries and Museums

Genealogical resources: Ancestry.com, censuses, obituaries, cemeteries, city directories, newspapers, telephone directories, published family histories. A look-up service for Oneida County obituaries is available for a fee.

Genealogical resources: Ancestry.com, censuses, obituaries, cemeteries, city directories, newspapers, telephone directories, published family histories. A look-up service for Rome and Oneida County records is available for a fee. Local Records Inventory

County Historian's Office

Genealogical Resources: The County Historian may provide access to obituaries, vital records, church records, maps, and family files or journals. Some historians provide search services for their office records and others may refer you to local genealogists who research in the area.

Courthouses

The Oneida County Clerk's office has divorce, court, and land records. The Surrogate Court has probate records. For further information about where the records for Oneida County are held, see the Oneida County Courthouse page.

The library offers a wealth of historical and genealogical information with extensive information about local people and businesses. Hard-to-find and out-of-print books line the shelves and focus on the early history of the region as well as more recent accounts of life in and around Rome.

Town Records

Town records in New York may include early births, marriages, deaths, divorces, local histories, selected military records, and town meeting minutes. Vital records from 1880/1882 are kept by town and village clerks, although some (Kent’s and Putnam Valley’s) are available in the County Historian’s Office. For further details, try the links to individual town Wiki pages found in Places. See also:

Gordon L. Remington, New York Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002). NEHGS online edition; At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974.7 D27r. Alphabetical list including date founded, if a town history exists, church and cemetery sources, and if a Civil War register (TCR) exists.

Vital Records

Vital records of birth, marriage or death were first recorded at the local level in the village clerk, town clerk, or city clerk’s ledger book. If you know where a birth, marriage or death took place, a copy of the certificate or record may be obtained by writing to the town, village or city clerk. See also How to order New York Vital Records or order electronically online.

See the heading Places on this wiki page for links to local community wiki pages and their available records. See New York Vital Records for a discussion about beginning dates and availability of vital records in New York.

Birth

Early births were recorded on the town level and the years vary by town. (List of towns) The New York State Department of Health (state level) began recording births in 1881. Births were not recorded on the county level.

Marriage

Early marriages were sometimes recorded on the town level and the years vary by town. (List of towns) In 1880, town clerks were to record the marriage and a copy was sent to the New York State Department of Health (state level). Town clerks continue to record marriages. Marriages were recorded by the Oneida County clerk starting in 1908 and go until 1935.

1800–1855New York Marriage Notices at Ancestry– ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage notices published in newspapers around the state. Contains name of bride and groom, marriage date, marriage location, residence, and newspaper found in.

1805-1826 Danz, Elizabeth Nesbit. "Marriages Performed by the Honorable Prosper Rudd, 1805-1826," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 85, No. 3 (Jul. 1954):181-183. Digital version at New York Family History ($); FHL Book 974.7 B2n v. 85. Rudd served as Justice of the Peace for Western, New York.

All divorces are handled by the county Supreme Court where the divorce was granted. Divorce files in New York are sealed for 100 years. Contact the County Clerk for information about divorce records.

Divorce judgment papers often include date and place of the marriage and the names and birthdates of any children. Local newspapers may publish notices of divorce actions.

Death

Early deaths were recorded on the town level and the years vary by town. (List of towns) The New York State Department of Health (state level) began recording deaths in 1881. Deaths were not recorded on the county level.

Additional resources for Oneida County births, marriages and deaths may be found in the New York, Oneida– Vital Records topic page of the FamilySearch Catalog . Copies of records on FHL microfilm and microfiche can be ordered for viewing at Family History Centers. Copies of books found in the FamilySearch Catalog may be found in WorldCat catalog and ordered from your local library through interlibrary loan. Explore how to search the FamilySearch Catalog and the Worldcat Online Catalog.

↑Compare the more northerly route in Handybook, 849, with the more southerly route described in Wikipedia contributors, "New York State Route 5" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Route_5 (accessed 28 June 2011).